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The tales Hollywood wouldn't tell

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  • 35 - Wicked Becomes Her

    We preview the next series of Hollywood’nt: Hollywood Declassified with a special look at the life and career of the legendary Bette Davis. With the release of a new book, Wicked Becomes Her, this 8 part series revisits some of the actress’ most memorable roles, but focuses on the fascinating story behind the making of her final film, Wicked Stepmother. This episode offers a glimpse at what is in store and the book that inspired it.

    Fri, 15 Mar 2024
  • 34 - Cursed Flick?

    For the latest series we go back to the 1960s for a little known and rarely seen low-grade horror flick called Incubus. Starring a young William Shatner, the film has a dark and eerie past. A troubled film and a backstory that includes murder, suicide and tragedy.

    William Shatner in Incubus
    Thu, 01 Feb 2024
  • 33 - Death follows a film

    As we wrap up our series on Incubus, we revisit the troubled film and how it was nearly lost for the ages until it was rediscovered. And the films bizarre history of horrific true events that followed many associated with the film have continued to make people interested in the story of Incubus.

    William Shatner in Incubus
    Mon, 15 Jan 2024
  • 32 - Tragedy Behind the Screen

    What the filmmakers hoped would be a revolutionary and and thought-inspiring art film turned out to be a less-than-spectacular film that failed to find an audience and disappeared from the scene. However, tragedy would follow many associated with the film.

    A scene from Incubus
    Wed, 20 Dec 2023
  • 31 - The Author Show – Who Nuked the Duke?

    Author John William Law recently appeared on The Author Show to discuss the bookWho Nuked the Duke? and the related filmThe Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout. The interview is hosted here.

    The book helped inspire a film that had its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival in October 2023 and closed the Palm Beach Film Festival that same month. The author appears in the film — It’s an epic tale that spans more than 30 years. As the Cold War took hold at that dawn of the 1950s the U.S. government began a program to perfect the atom bomb. The Nevada Test Site would be the prime location for testing atomic weapons on U.S. soil. A key to the program was to reduce impact to the public by having the radioactive nuclear fallout drift “downwind” into sparsely-inhabited areas of Utah. Who Nuked The Duke? looks at the program through the camera lens and filming of the 1954 RKO epic The Conqueror. The John Wayne feature, from producer Howard Hughes, would be filmed inside the infamous Snow Canyon, “a key resevoir” of nuclear fallout. As the years ticked by cast and crew would succumb, one by one, to a host of cancers. Director Dick Powell, co-star Pedro Armendariz, leading lady Susan Hayward, co-star Agnes Moorehead, and ultimately John Wayne himself. Along with countless other cast and crew, they represent a microcosm of what happened in the Utah community where the movie was filmed. Taking an objective look back at the government program, the scientific facts behind the testing and its impact on the community, as well as the lives of the Hollywood stars, Who Nuked The Duke?offers a rare look inside movie history and the Atomic Energy program. This award-winning book was first published in 2014 and has been updated in 2023. Who Nuked The Duke?was an inspiration for the film documentary The Conqueor: Hollywood Fallout.

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    Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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